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1/ John Beaudoin’s book The Real CDC claims COVID deaths were inflated through manipulated death certificates in Massachusetts.
But what do the data — and public health audits — actually show?
Let’s take a look. 🧵
But what do the data — and public health audits — actually show?
Let’s take a look. 🧵
2/ Massachusetts revised how it counted COVID deaths in 2022.
Why?
To increase accuracy — not inflate numbers.
The state shifted from a 60-day to a 30-day positive test window to better reflect deaths actually caused by COVID.
Transparency ≠ conspiracy.
Why?
To increase accuracy — not inflate numbers.
The state shifted from a 60-day to a 30-day positive test window to better reflect deaths actually caused by COVID.
Transparency ≠ conspiracy.
3/ Another key point:
The CDC does not control death certificates.
They are completed by physicians, medical examiners, and local registrars across the country.
Thousands of independent professionals — not a centralized CDC switch.
The CDC does not control death certificates.
They are completed by physicians, medical examiners, and local registrars across the country.
Thousands of independent professionals — not a centralized CDC switch.
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them
a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,
BREAKING:
The Justice Department just posted online three FBI interviews that had been missing from the massive trove of Epstein files initially released.
They're related to unsubstantiated sexual assault allegations against Donald Trump.
DOC 1: justice.gov/epstein/files/…
The Justice Department just posted online three FBI interviews that had been missing from the massive trove of Epstein files initially released.
They're related to unsubstantiated sexual assault allegations against Donald Trump.
DOC 1: justice.gov/epstein/files/…
DOC 2: justice.gov/epstein/files/…
DOC 3: justice.gov/epstein/files/…
*HUGE* Win for President Trump in the challenge to Chicago's law enforcement surge. This is a stunning rebuke of the district court, explaining that the order is necessary to stop futute courts from following. The district judge is chastened by the appeals judges for overstepping
Equally important is another court has joined in to explain the problems with district court judges entering so-called "putative" class actions. The Seventh Circuit recognizes the problems and orders courts to stop, under the Trump v. CASA decision.
"Recall that the plaintiffs asked the district court for an order voluntarily dismissing the case with prejudice pursuant to Rules 23(e) and 41(a). That ruling would bind the whole class, which is why the district court held a hearing and had
the parties notify the class...
the parties notify the class...
🧵1/8: The current conflict in the Middle East has reintroduced significant geopolitical risk into the global economic outlook. Our Macroeconomic Research Division at ADB has taken swift action to assess the potential implications for Asia.
While Asia’s direct trade exposure to the Middle East is limited, the potential spillovers through energy markets, disrupted shipping, and financial conditions could be significant. Asia is particularly exposed to heightened geopolitical uncertainty and oil price volatility. Our team is closely monitoring developments and assessing implications for the region’s resilience.
While Asia’s direct trade exposure to the Middle East is limited, the potential spillovers through energy markets, disrupted shipping, and financial conditions could be significant. Asia is particularly exposed to heightened geopolitical uncertainty and oil price volatility. Our team is closely monitoring developments and assessing implications for the region’s resilience.
🧵2/8: Why is Asia especially exposed to the conflict in the Middle East?
➡️Most economies in the region are net importers of oil and natural gas. Net energy imports exceeded 2% of GDP in many Asian economies during 2022-24, implying that even moderate increases in oil prices could generate measurable impacts on inflation and incomes.
➡️ Asia is the primary destination for hydrocarbons transported through the Strait of Hormuz. Roughly four-fifths of crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) transiting the Strait ultimately flows to Asian markets, and about 20% of global trade in oil and LNG passes through the Strait.
➡️ Disruptions to shipping routes or aviation corridors can transmit quickly to production costs, exports, and tourism activity. Protracted and more severe supply chain disruptions could lead to more persistent negative effects, including on prices, investor confidence, and growth momentum.
➡️Most economies in the region are net importers of oil and natural gas. Net energy imports exceeded 2% of GDP in many Asian economies during 2022-24, implying that even moderate increases in oil prices could generate measurable impacts on inflation and incomes.
➡️ Asia is the primary destination for hydrocarbons transported through the Strait of Hormuz. Roughly four-fifths of crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) transiting the Strait ultimately flows to Asian markets, and about 20% of global trade in oil and LNG passes through the Strait.
➡️ Disruptions to shipping routes or aviation corridors can transmit quickly to production costs, exports, and tourism activity. Protracted and more severe supply chain disruptions could lead to more persistent negative effects, including on prices, investor confidence, and growth momentum.
🧵3/8: What’s driving the latest surge in oil and liquefied natural gas prices?
One reason is that the conflict has caused Saudi Arabia to shut its Ras Tanura refinery, one of its key hubs, and triggered a suspension at Qatar’s massive LNG export complex.
Figure 3 ➡️ Energy markets are already responding to disruptions to energy production, as well as energy transport. Since the start of the conflict, Brent crude prices have risen by roughly 11%, reaching around $82 per barrel on 3 March, as traders priced in heightened risks to both oil transport through the Strait of Hormuz and LNG exports from the Gulf.
Figure 4 ➡️ European benchmark gas futures rose by nearly 40% by 3 March, while Asian spot LNG prices also jumped sharply, underscoring how quickly localized infrastructure shocks can be transmitted across global energy markets.
The duration and magnitude of the oil and gas price spikes will depend on several factors, including how quickly output at the affected facilities can be restored, whether disruptions remain contained or spread to other production or processing installations in the region, and the extent to which alternative suppliers can ramp up output or redirect shipments. Market dynamics will also hinge on inventory buffers in key importing regions, the availability of spare capacity, and the perceived risk of further escalation. If disruptions prove temporary, price pressures could ease relatively quickly. If they broaden or persist, elevated volatility and sustained price increases would be more likely.
One reason is that the conflict has caused Saudi Arabia to shut its Ras Tanura refinery, one of its key hubs, and triggered a suspension at Qatar’s massive LNG export complex.
Figure 3 ➡️ Energy markets are already responding to disruptions to energy production, as well as energy transport. Since the start of the conflict, Brent crude prices have risen by roughly 11%, reaching around $82 per barrel on 3 March, as traders priced in heightened risks to both oil transport through the Strait of Hormuz and LNG exports from the Gulf.
Figure 4 ➡️ European benchmark gas futures rose by nearly 40% by 3 March, while Asian spot LNG prices also jumped sharply, underscoring how quickly localized infrastructure shocks can be transmitted across global energy markets.
The duration and magnitude of the oil and gas price spikes will depend on several factors, including how quickly output at the affected facilities can be restored, whether disruptions remain contained or spread to other production or processing installations in the region, and the extent to which alternative suppliers can ramp up output or redirect shipments. Market dynamics will also hinge on inventory buffers in key importing regions, the availability of spare capacity, and the perceived risk of further escalation. If disruptions prove temporary, price pressures could ease relatively quickly. If they broaden or persist, elevated volatility and sustained price increases would be more likely.
LEGAL ALERT: The DC Court of Appeals (the highest local court in the district) has ruled that DC's ban on magazines over 10 rounds violates the Second Amendment. dccourts.gov/sites/default/…
"...we use that term rather than 'large capacity' magazines to avoid any misleading suggestion that they are outside the norm or larger than your average magazine."
"Most people would conclude that the non-voter’s right to read Harry Potter is protected under this first analogy, if only because they think that is an individual right regardless of the prefatory language."
Microsoft Defender Experts identified a widespread ClickFix social engineering campaign in February 2026 leveraging Windows Terminal as the primary execution mechanism. Rather than the traditional Win + R → paste → execute technique, this campaign instructs targets to use the Windows + X → I shortcut to launch Windows Terminal (wt.exe) directly, guiding users into a privileged command execution environment that blends into legitimate administrative workflows and appears more trustworthy to users.
This approach bypasses detections specifically tuned to Run dialog abuse while exploiting the legitimacy and familiarity of Windows Terminal. Once the terminal is opened, targets are prompted to paste malicious PowerShell commands delivered through fake CAPTCHA pages, troubleshooting prompts, or verification-style lures designed to appear routine and benign.
This approach bypasses detections specifically tuned to Run dialog abuse while exploiting the legitimacy and familiarity of Windows Terminal. Once the terminal is opened, targets are prompted to paste malicious PowerShell commands delivered through fake CAPTCHA pages, troubleshooting prompts, or verification-style lures designed to appear routine and benign.
What makes this campaign notable are the post-compromise outcomes. The first attack path begins when a user pastes a hex-encoded, XOR-compressed command copied from the ClickFix lure into a Windows Terminal session. This action spawns additional Windows Terminal/PowerShell instances, ultimately launching another powershell.exe process responsible for decoding the embedded hex commands.
The decoded PowerShell script downloads a legitimate but renamed 7-Zip binary and saves it with a randomized file name, along with a ZIP payload. The renamed archive utility extracts and executes a multi-stage attack chain that includes retrieval of additional payloads, persistence through scheduled tasks, defense evasion through Microsoft Defender exclusions, and exfiltration of stolen machine and network data.
The final-stage payload, deployed to C:\ProgramData\app_config\ctjb, is found to be a Lumma Stealer component that performs QueueUserAPC()-based code injection into chrome.exe and msedge.exe processes. The stealer targets high-value browser artifacts, including Web Data and Login Data, harvesting stored credentials and exfiltrating them to attacker-controlled infrastructure.
The decoded PowerShell script downloads a legitimate but renamed 7-Zip binary and saves it with a randomized file name, along with a ZIP payload. The renamed archive utility extracts and executes a multi-stage attack chain that includes retrieval of additional payloads, persistence through scheduled tasks, defense evasion through Microsoft Defender exclusions, and exfiltration of stolen machine and network data.
The final-stage payload, deployed to C:\ProgramData\app_config\ctjb, is found to be a Lumma Stealer component that performs QueueUserAPC()-based code injection into chrome.exe and msedge.exe processes. The stealer targets high-value browser artifacts, including Web Data and Login Data, harvesting stored credentials and exfiltrating them to attacker-controlled infrastructure.
In the second attack path, when a user pastes a hex-encoded, XOR-compressed command into Windows Terminal, the command downloads a randomly named .bat file to AppData\Local that is invoked through cmd.exe to write a VBScript to %Temp%. The batch script is then executed via cmd.exe with the /launched command-line argument. The same batch script is then executed through MSBuild.exe, resulting in LOLBin abuse.
The script connects to Crypto Blockchain RPC endpoints, indicating etherhiding technique. It also performs QueueUserAPC()-based code injection into chrome.exe and msedge.exe processes to harvest Web Data and Login Data.
The script connects to Crypto Blockchain RPC endpoints, indicating etherhiding technique. It also performs QueueUserAPC()-based code injection into chrome.exe and msedge.exe processes to harvest Web Data and Login Data.
1. Hey Canada - whether you’re in Ontario, Quebec, or here in Alberta, and you think staying in 🇨🇦 is best—I get it.
But as an Albertan who’s seen the numbers and felt the effects, here are a few honest reasons why many of us are seriously asking, “what if we went our own way?”
But as an Albertan who’s seen the numbers and felt the effects, here are a few honest reasons why many of us are seriously asking, “what if we went our own way?”
2. It’s the money.
Albertans send $30-40B more to Ottawa every year than comes back. I know you might say “that’s how federation works,” but when it’s our taxes propping up other provinces while our hospitals wait + roads crumble… wouldn’t you want that cash?
Albertans send $30-40B more to Ottawa every year than comes back. I know you might say “that’s how federation works,” but when it’s our taxes propping up other provinces while our hospitals wait + roads crumble… wouldn’t you want that cash?
3. Protecting our jobs.
I respect that climate goals matter to you, but Ottawa’s carbon tax, pipeline kills, and net-zero mandates hit our energy industry hard. As our own country, we’d green our way, on our own timeline, with full control. No more begging for approvals. Jobs 1st.
I respect that climate goals matter to you, but Ottawa’s carbon tax, pipeline kills, and net-zero mandates hit our energy industry hard. As our own country, we’d green our way, on our own timeline, with full control. No more begging for approvals. Jobs 1st.
Here is the basics on how to pray noted on Matthew 6 vs. 1-7.
I am Acadian. We know the damage done by the Roman Catholic Episcopal Company who was anti Pope & Protestant. We know the abuse was systemic and coordinated by the New England Company inspired by Oliver Cromwell laws. The New England Company ran Canadian Residential Schools and churches that abused us.
The New England Company controlled the churches in Canada. They went after Indigenous, Black, Roman Catholics, Quakers, French and anyone who wasn’t a Protestant. We all survived. We all remember.
An Iranian ship at a joint Indian naval exercise, where all vessels were required to be unarmed, paraded its sailors along other participants, including the US. The US then withdrew at the last minute, torpedoed the Iranian vessel, and refused to rescue survivors. 87 sailors killed, 60 missing.
Torpedoing an unarmed ship, then leaving survivors to die, violates the Geneva Conventions, UNCLOS, the UN Charter, and the Rome Statute. All at once. The Trump regime claims no war exists, which makes this even more illegal. Calling it an 'operation' doesn't make it legal.
Sinking IRIS Dena under an undeclared conflict removes any combat necessity defense. Pure aggression under UN Charter Art. 2(4), GA Res. 3314, with UNCLOS and SOLAS violations for abandoning survivors.
Australia's National Construction Code 2025 will let developers replace up to half of all single-sex toilets in schools, workplaces, shopping centres and sports venues with "all-gender" facilities.
States have until 1 May to stop it.
Here's what's at stake 🧵
States have until 1 May to stop it.
Here's what's at stake 🧵
The Australian Building Codes Board released the NCC 2025 preview on 2 February.
Under clause F4D4(12), developers can swap out up to half of required male and female facilities for mixed-sex alternatives — voluntarily.
Voluntary for developers. Not for users.
Under clause F4D4(12), developers can swap out up to half of required male and female facilities for mixed-sex alternatives — voluntarily.
Voluntary for developers. Not for users.
Small buildings can replace both single-sex toilets with one mixed facility.
Larger buildings can convert up to half.
Each "all-gender" cubicle must be accessed from a shared circulation space and signed as "all gender".
That's the full protection on offer.
Larger buildings can convert up to half.
Each "all-gender" cubicle must be accessed from a shared circulation space and signed as "all gender".
That's the full protection on offer.
